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` P. BARRY. RETIGULATBD WORK FOR CARRIAGE BODIES, 6:0.

No. 259,461. Patented Junel, 1882.

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RETICULATED WORK FOR CARRIAGE-BODIES, 82,0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,461, dated June 13, 1852.

Application filed January 28, 1882. (Specimens.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PETER BARRY, of the city of New York, in the county and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Iteticulated Work for Carriage-Bodies and for other Purposes, of which the following is a. specification.

My invention relates especially to imitations of cane-work and wicker-work to be employed on wagon-bodies and other carriage-bodies to give them the appearance of being covered with a fabric of cane or wicker; but theinvention is also applicable for the covering of other articles. The desired effect has been produced by applying perforated leather or perforated cloth, thickly covered with paint, to the carriage-body, and also by painting; but the first method is objectionable because the perforated leather or cloth is very hard to fit properly to sloping and curved bodies, and the second method is objectionable because the painting must be gone over and allowed to dry a great many times to give the cane or wicker imitation the degree of projection or relief desired.

My invention consistsin an imitation of cane, wicker, or other woven or net work, produced by a reticulated or perforated fabric or tissue made of thick oil-paint or other composition of a similar nature, and adapted to be applied to the carriage-body or other article by means of such varuishes as are usually employed for varuishing such bodies or articles, and for the securing thereto of otherimitationcane fabrics.

In making this imitation of cane or wicker or other woven or net work, which may be considered a new article of manufacture, I employ a mold grooved or intagliated to formthe desired pattern 5 and my invention also consists in the method whereby theimitation carie, wicker, or other woven or net work is made of oil-paint or other composition of similar nature insoluble in water, said method consisting in rst coating the mold with an adhesive substance soluble in water, then covering the mold with the composition, and pressing itinto the grooved orintagliated portions thereofand allowing the composition to dry, then sandpaperiug oi or otherwise removing all the composition except that contained in the grooved or intagliated portions of the mold, and finally dissolving by water the adhesive substance which secures the composition to the mold, and thereby freeing the fabric or tissue from the mold.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lrepresents a small piece of theimproved fabric or tissue. Fig. 2 represents a face view of a por tion of the mold employed to make the same. Fig. 3 represents a transverse section of the mold filled with composition. Fig. 4 rcpre- 6o sents ou a small scale a portion ot' a wagonbody having the imitation cane applied thereto, and Fig. 5 is a diagram showing the shape of fabric or tissue required to cover said wagonbody.

Similar letters of reference designate correspondin g parts in all the figures.

Referring rst to Figs. l, 2, and 3, A desiga nates a piece of the fabric or tissue, and l5 designates the mold employed for making the 7o same. The mold may be made of wood or other suitable material, and the composition which I have found to be desirable for the purpose is composed of the same materials vas ordinary oil-paint, but may have additional white lead or other suitable subst-ance added to giveitmore body. Any suitable compound or composition insoluble in water may, however, be employed for the purpose. The mold B is engraved or grooved on the surface, as clearly 8o shown in Fig. 2, to form the desired pattern of fabric or tissue, and before it is used I prefer to coat its face with shellac varnish or other varnish or substanceimpervious to water. The mold having been rst coated with an adhesive substance or material which is soluble in water-such,forinstance, as an aqueous solution of gelatine or gum-arabic--the face of the mold is covered with the paint or composition, which may be poured ou the mold and spread by 9o of leather or muslin of such curved or irregusubstance which was applied before the composition. The fabric or tissue is then applied to the carriage-body with the varnish ordinarily employed for carriage-Work, and may be varnished over as many times as desirable.

Referring now to the diagrams Figs. 4 and 5, U designates a portion ot' a carriage or wagon body, having a curved and beveled or sloping surface, to which the reticulated fabric or tissue is applied, and D designates the piece of the fabric or tissue which is of the shape required for the purpose. 1t will be readily seen that a straight piece of fabric or tissue would not b e suitable because of the slope or bevel of the body, and that the fabric or tissue must be curved, as shown in Fig. 5.

As the molds which I employ are of Wood, they may be made of any shape to produce a piece of fabric or tissue of the desired outline at a small expense, While to perforate a piece lar shape would be very expensive.

The pattern of the reticulated work may be varied to imitate any kind of weaving, interlacing, or netting of threads, withes, or rings.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l 1. As a new article of manufacture, an imitation of cane, wicker, or other woven or net work for carriage-bodies or'for other purposes, consisting of a reticulated fabric or tissue of oil-paint or other analogous composition, substantially as and for the purpose herein de scribed.

2. The method of making imitation canework fabric or tissue, consisting in first coat ing` a mold with an adhesive substance solublein Water, then covering and filling the mold with a composition of which the fabric or tissue is to be made, and allowing such composition to dry, then sandpapering off or otherwise removing all the composition except that contained in the grooved or intagliated portions of the mold, and tinally dissolving the adhesive substance .by immersing the mold in water, and thereby releasing the reticulated fabric or tissue therefrom, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

U. M. Bnr'r'roN,

W. A. OsTMiRE. 

